Group takes aim at low-wage jobs

12:26 PM,
Sep. 25, 2013

Written by

Bill Lueders
Wisconsin Center for

On Sept. 17, more than a dozen protesters gathered outside a Family Dollar store in Madison for what was billed in an email as a "Solidarity Flash Mob."

Among them was Craig Spaulding, a former Madison nightclub owner turned self-employed handyman. "I see the working conditions of these people and it makes me sick," he said.

The event was organized by Wisconsin Jobs Now!, a Milwaukee-based nonprofit. Media were not alerted and lead organizer Kelly Benjamin was not thrilled that a reporter with the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism showed up. ...